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Maiden Castle (Dorset)
Date Added: 5th Nov 2017
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987
Maiden Castle (Dorset) submitted by pab on 16th Oct 2011. Moon at dawn over Maiden Castle.
Just before sunrise, with the almost full moon about to set.
One of those mornings when you feel it is worth getting up early to catch nature's magic working in a magnificent setting.
This photo is looking across the north east rim, with the early morning mist beginning to catch the light from the rising sun.
October 2011
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Poulnabrone
Date Added: 1st Aug 2018
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Clare)
Visited: Would like to visit
Poulnabrone submitted by groovyearthwisps on 11th Jul 2006. Twilight at Poulnabrone, 10th July 2006.
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Hill of Tara
Date Added: 26th Aug 2018
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 24th Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Hill Of Tara submitted by jeffrep on 21st Aug 2008. Mound of the Hostages from a distance. At Hill of Tara in County Meath north of of Dublin.
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Newgrange
Date Added: 26th Aug 2018
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 24th Aug 2018
Newgrange submitted by McDeil on 8th Jan 2002. Entry at Newgrange showing massive carved stone which once blocked the entry. Not shown are the tourists who in Summer would queue for up to an hour to be taken through the tomb!
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Gleninsheen 2
Date Added: 26th Aug 2018
Site Type: Wedge Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Clare)
Visited: Would like to visit
Gleninsheen submitted by enkidu41 on 25th May 2004. M 231023
A ruined wedge tomb with one side wall still standing, the other lying flat (front right foreground). 2 uprights stones at the back of the tomb may be the remains of the end wall or possibly part of the capstone.
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Palenque
Date Added: 24th May 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1982. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5
Palenque submitted by LivingRocks on 14th Apr 2007. The Temple of the Sun.
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Machu Picchu.
Date Added: 24th May 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1984. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Machu Picchu. submitted by KaiHofmann on 6th May 2013. Machu Picchu.
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Tiwanaku
Date Added: 13th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Bolivia
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1982. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Tiwanaku submitted by davidmorgan on 12th Feb 2007. La Puerta del Sol or Gateway of the Sun. November 1994.
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Wayland's Smithy
Date Added: 3rd Dec 2019
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987
Wayland's Smithy submitted by TimPrevett on 19th May 2017. Collage showing a remarkable encounter with a mouse at Wayland's Smithy at its entrance. This mouse and I had each others' eye contact for about a minute before it dove between the horizontal facing stones. One of those happenings on visiting ancient sites which on one level is mere fortune and synchronicity but on another feels very meaningful and profound.
A little video of this on my instagram account here.
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Swinside
Date Added: 23rd Apr 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Would like to visit
Swinside submitted by Energyman on 27th Sep 2017. I've just re-read the initial description, and have to amend it slightly. The circle is not quite complete - There were originally 57 stones, 3 are missing, making 54. This took me two days to work out, going from Jack Morris-Eyton's originals. The drone picture here I just managed with a rickety, unstable lash-up.
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Züschen Galeriegrab
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Hesse)
Visited: Would like to visit
Züschen Galeriegrab submitted by AlexHunger on 6th Jun 2006. Limestone Chambered tomb with soul hole, measuring about 16.5 Meters by 2.5 Meters found in 1894. In recent years a woden shed with metal bars was built to protect the site and it's engravings. These consist of fishebone rows and "Wine Glass" shaped cups. The shed is not ideal but decent enough photos can be made while the protection is certainly welcome. No cap complete stones remain.
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Nakijin-jō
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Japan (Kyūshū)
Visited: Yes on 24th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Nakijin-jō submitted by Aska on 20th Jan 2018. Site in Japan
The view of the main courtyards from the inner courtyard.
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Katsuren-jō
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Japan (Kyūshū)
Visited: Yes on 30th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Katsuren-jō submitted by Aska on 20th Jan 2018. Site in Japan
The view from the front yard.
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Tama Udun
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Japan (Kyūshū)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Tama Udun submitted by Aska on 10th Apr 2016. Site in Kyūshū Japan
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Machrie Moor 2
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Machrie Moor 2 submitted by DrewParsons on 12th Dec 2009. October 2006
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Machrie Moor 5
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Machrie Moor 5 submitted by jeffrep on 30th Jul 2013. Machrie Moor 5, sometimes called "Fingal's Cauldron Seat," consists of two almost perfectly preserved rings of granite boulders.
The Machrie Moor Stone Circles are located at the end of a 1-1/2 mile track that is off of the A841 (some 200 yards south of the bridge where the main road crosses the Machrie Water) and three miles north of Blackwaterfoot in the western part of the Isle of Arran in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Shuri-jō
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Japan (Kyūshū)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 5
Shuri-jō submitted by Aska on 10th Apr 2016. Site in Kyūshū Japan
The ruin of fort wall and the landscape of Naha city below.
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Log Text: main buildings destroyed by fire in October 2019. Will be reconstructed but this will take years. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuri_Castle#2019_fire. A tragic loss, it had taken decades to re-build it after the destruction during WWII. We were lucky to visit it just days before the fire – one of the most spectacular reconstructions I have ever seen.
Everstorfer Forst Teufelsbackofen
Date Added: 19th Nov 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Visited: Would like to visit
Everstorfer Forst Teufelsbackofen submitted by holger_rix on 8th May 2008. Somehow the name "Devil's Oven' fits very well with this tomb.
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Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino de Santiago de Chile
Date Added: 19th Nov 2020
Site Type: Museum
Country: Chile
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino de Santiago de Chile submitted by davidmorgan on 4th Aug 2019. These remarkable wooden statues were placed on top of tombs in ancient Mapuche cemeteries. They reflect the spirit (am) of those buried there and are intended to assist them in their journey to the afterlife. Chiefs and great warriors were sent to the east after death, to roam among the volcanoes of Kalfumapu, the "blue land". All others went to the west, to eat bitter potatoes beyond the sea.
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Hazaike Kofun
Date Added: 19th Nov 2022
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Japan (Shikoku)
Visited: Yes on 19th Nov 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Hazaike Kofun submitted by Aska on 3rd Mar 2013. Site in Shikoku Japan
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